Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ranks among one of my greatest days . |
| 2 | It 's amazing , even after a forty-year gap , that I feel I still have a rapport with most mineworkers because of my early days in the industry . |
| 3 | It does not escape me that a fair hand has already written some account of my early days ; but that account broke off too soon , for I returned from the realms of ice , to which solitudes my soul — if I may be presumed to have one — was attracted . |
| 4 | Andrew Carnegie , millionaire-to-be , believed his ‘ optimistic nature ’ and wit ‘ must have been inherited ’ from his ‘ delightful old masquerading grandfather ; ’ while the future feminist Hannah Mitchell could see her own dogged persistence in the extraordinary working energy of the octogenarian grandmother who was ‘ the delight and terror of my young days ’ |
| 5 | But I have n't bothered with dresses for so long — it brings back some happy memories of my young days . |
| 6 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
| 7 | It 's one of my silly days . |
| 8 | I was glad to hear the accent , for it reminded me of my exciting days in Northern Ireland , recounted elsewhere . |
| 9 | Poets of a certain generation are notoriously fond of writing tearful tributes to one another in memory of their rollicking days in Soho in the Forties , or was it the Fifties ? |
| 10 | Many of the Free Churches now mark the seasons of the year and the major feasts in the Church 's calendar , in addition to the observance of their traditional days such as a Church Anniversary and the annual Covenant Service . |
| 11 | The people lived for seven days in shelters made of branches — essentially as an agricultural thanksgiving , but also as a reminder of their tent-dwelling days in the wilderness ( Leviticus 23:43 ) . |
| 12 | Changing subject totally again ; - ) does anyone know if Leeds are having one of their open days this year ? |
| 13 | But Simon and Mary Jane have filled their house with reminders of the travels of their younger days , when they loved to visit exotic places such as Indonesia , Morocco , Thailand , Burma and Australia and New Zealand . |
| 14 | It was common form for converts who had led relatively blameless lives to condemn , as Newton did , ‘ the impiety and profaneness ’ of their unregenerate days ; but in his case there were the hard facts of his voyages in slave ships to the West Coast of Africa , on one of which he had been abandoned to his fate and only rescued through a combination of circumstances that indeed seemed to be almost miraculous . |
| 15 | To think they are , shows that they are governed not by the Spirit but by the attitudes and outlook of their unregenerate days ( 3:1,3 ) . |
| 16 | For most this will mark the end of their playing days . |
| 17 | Because of its target-towing days in Sweden the rear cockpit was slightly non-standard , this meant that new perspex panels had to be manufactured to bring the rear cockpit back to Mk 1 configuration , the target cable guides on the tailplane were removed and the tailplane restored to standard fit . |
| 18 | It grew rapidly , however : the 120 employees of its first days had become 261 at the accession of Catherine II in 1762 . |
| 19 | This was not one of its better days . |
| 20 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 21 | Arch-rival Burger King in Newcastle 's bustling Northumberland Street was packed with Christmas shoppers and lost more than £1,000 in takings on one of its busiest days of the year . |
| 22 | Her car was having one of its bad days , and it was some twenty minutes before the engine fired successfully . |
| 23 | After two of its worst days of shelling this month , Sarajevo was reported quieter overnight apart from some anti-aircraft machine-gun fire and a handful of artillery shell impacts . |
| 24 | Ellie also thrilled to hear it , for it sounded so glamorous , and put her in mind of some of the stories Madame had told her of her early days on the stage . |
| 25 | THE ORPHAN smuggled out of war-torn Bosnia by TV newsman Michael Nicholson spoke of her first days at a British school yesterday and declared : ‘ It is good . ’ |
| 26 | It was one of her bad days . |
| 27 | This seemed to be one of her bad days . |
| 28 | He had thick glasses and his hearing was not too good towards the end of his umpiring days . |
| 29 | The book is a succession of anecdotes carefully transcribed in fidelity to his broad Scots , and largely concerned with the long-since of his early days . |
| 30 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |